HR Business Partner (Advisory Partner) at Open Society Foundations | Apply July 2025

Key responsibilities

As the Advisory Partner, your responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

• Advise leadership and department management teams on the future design of the organization aligned to strategic objectives and any overall parameters
• Proactively establish working relationships with managers and staff in assigned Programs/Departments such that concerns, and latent issues are open for discussion and resolution
• Use your knowledge and experience in P&C functions to guide your counsel to Senior Managers, e.g., specific knowledge of workforce planning approaches and methodologies; knowledge and skill at mediating workplace disagreements/misunderstandings; experience in identifying and addressing performance problems
• Lean heavily on competency in interpreting ambiguous signals from Managers and others and establishing relationships with sufficient depth that they will support interventions in difficult situations and challenging conversations
• Have the required knowledge and familiarity with all usual P&C processes to be able to interact effectively with colleagues within P&C in the resolution of specific problems and issues
• Have the confidence and judgement to persuasively present alternatives to Senior Managers

People Responsibilities (Total Team/DRs)

None

Key internal relationships

Chief P&C Officer, P&C teams, Department Leadership Teams

The ideal candidate

• Prior advisory partnering (or otherwise potentially termed HR strategic partnering) with leadership team in a complex, international organisation
• Substantial experience as a practitioner in one or more People and Culture functions
• Experience and skill in developing and considering policy options
• Ability to quickly develop an in-depth understanding of the work of the unit(s) to which you are assigned.
• Strong facilitation, collaboration, and mediation skills and is highly articulate and makes arguments in a clear and compelling manner;
• Demonstrated understanding of different P&C functions to enable and lead conversations with Managers and build credibility;
• Capability to teach and guide individuals who may not possess the same level of technical understanding.
• Demonstrated solution-oriented approach;
• Strong understanding of cultural differences and the proven ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds within a complex organization;
• Diplomatic manner and ability to adapt to a range of cultures and experiences in interacting with colleagues at all levels;
• An excellent knowledge of English
• Advisory Partner in Rio must be fluent in Portuguese and Spanish